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In Grant County Judge debate, Bevier, Chadwick place emphasis on experience and constitutional interpretation
EPHRATA — The two candidates seeking Grant County Superior Court Judge Position 3 highlighted their legal experien…
Mississippi gov sets statewide stay-home order amid virus
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves announced Wednesday that he is ordering people statewide to stay at home to slow the spread of the new
Iowa agrees to allow some abortions despite virus order
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa abortion providers and the state reached an agreement Wednesday whereby a recent order by Gov. Kim Reynolds to temporarily halt elective medical procedures as part of her coronavirus re…
Primary winner Murdock appointed to North Carolina Senate
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — The winner of a North Carolina state Senate primary last month was appointed on Wednesday to fill for the rest of the year the seat she's aiming to win this fall.
Florida governor issues statewide stay-at-home order
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis issued a statewide stay-at-home order Wednesday as federal and local pressure mounted on him to abandon the county-by-county approach he had implemented to combat
Biden: A normal convention 'hard to imagine' as scheduled
The coronavirus pandemic is forcing Democrats and Republicans to take a close look at whether they'll be able to move forward as planned this summer with conventions that typically kick off the general election sea…
Kentucky lawmakers pass a scaled-back budget amid pandemic
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky lawmakers passed a slimmed-down, one-year state budget Wednesday without pay raises for school teachers or increased education funding — priorities that fell victim to the dramatic ec…
State Supreme Court will mediate mail-in ballot dispute
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico's Supreme Court said Wednesday it will referee a dispute over how to proceed with the state's June 2 primary election without in-person voting to minimize public exposure to the cor…
Democrats proposing commission to study US pandemic response
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats are drafting legislation that would create a bipartisan commission to study the U.S. government’s response to the
Federal inmates to be locked in cells for 14 days amid virus
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal Bureau of Prisons is locking all its 146,000 inmates in their cells for the next two weeks in an unparalleled effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus, as the focus shifts to a Lou…
Former Nevada governor leaving MGM to pursue UNR presidency
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Former Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval said he is stepping down from his position at MGM Resorts to pursue the presidency of the University of Nevada, Reno, his alma mater.
Pelosi sees infrastructure package similar to Trump $2T plan
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats want to enact a massive infrastructure package upgrading the nation's broadband, road and water systems, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday, in the next installment of Congress' e…
Kentucky lawmakers pass budget scaled back due to virus
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky lawmakers gave final approval Wednesday to a slimmed-down, one-year state budget without pay raises or increased education funding — priorities that fell victim to the economic downtu…
Arizona governor requests Trump make disaster declaration
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona's governor on Wednesday asked President Donald Trump to issue a major disaster declaration for the state as it braces for a surge of coronavirus cases.
47 Louisiana long-term care sites seen as virus 'clusters'
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — As
Mississippi to set statewide stay-home order amid virus
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves planned to announce Wednesday that he is setting a statewide stay-at-home order to try to slow the spread of the new